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elitist

[ih-lee-tist, ey-lee‑] / ɪˈli tɪst, eɪˈli‑ /


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Historian Swapna Liddle acknowledged the club's elitist origins, but said she would have preferred efforts to reform the institution rather than shutting it down.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

What’s in it for one of the most elitist luxury watchmakers in the world to lend its name to a lurid $400 plastic watch?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

If not wanting my robot assistant/future overlord to have an image tool makes me an A.I. elitist, as Altman implies, then I will proudly fit myself for a monocle.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

One might say that, three years ahead of the show’s jump to YouTube, Academy voters are making a concerted effort to distance themselves from the perception that the Oscars are elitist and pretentious.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

We’d need to think about how they’d used whatever opportunities life had afforded them rather than measuring them simply by how far they’d made it up an elitist academic ladder.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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